[New Device][S905X] TVB A151_02 (as known as TVB Anywhere Android TV Box)

[chouex]

Just sharing the device info

compatible = "amlogic,p212\0amlogic,s905x\0amlogic,meson-gxl";
model = "Amlogic Meson GXL (S905X) P212 Development Board";
board name: p212

How to boot Armbian from usb:

1. flash Armbian_24.2.0_amlogic_s905x_jammy_5.15.145_server_2024.01.01.img.gz into usb without modify anything
2. boot into android, finish setup guide, enable develop mode, enable usb debug
3. adb connect {ip}; adb shell reboot update (if failed to authenticate, a dialog will show up,allow the device)
4. should able to see Armbian boot message
5. boot Armbian from usb successfully

hardware detail:



TTL:

EMMC short-circuit point(at your own risk):

root@armbian:~# lscpu 
Architecture:            aarch64
  CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
  Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                  4
  On-line CPU(s) list:   0-3
Vendor ID:               ARM
  Model name:            Cortex-A53
    Model:               4
    Thread(s) per core:  1
    Core(s) per cluster: 4
    Socket(s):           -
    Cluster(s):          1
    Stepping:            r0p4
    CPU max MHz:         1512.0000
    CPU min MHz:         100.0000
    BogoMIPS:            48.00
    Flags:               fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 cpuid
Vulnerabilities:         
  Gather data sampling:  Not affected
  Itlb multihit:         Not affected
  L1tf:                  Not affected
  Mds:                   Not affected
  Meltdown:              Not affected
  Mmio stale data:       Not affected
  Retbleed:              Not affected
  Spec rstack overflow:  Not affected
  Spec store bypass:     Not affected
  Spectre v1:            Mitigation; __user pointer sanitization
  Spectre v2:            Not affected
  Srbds:                 Not affected
  Tsx async abort:       Not affected
root@armbian:~# lsblk 
NAME         MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda            8:0    1  14.9G  0 disk 
├─sda1         8:1    1   255M  0 part /boot
└─sda2         8:2    1  14.7G  0 part /var/log.hdd
                                       /
mmcblk2      179:0    0   7.3G  0 disk 
mmcblk2boot0 179:32   0     4M  1 disk 
mmcblk2boot1 179:64   0     4M  1 disk 
zram0        254:0    0 904.9M  0 disk [SWAP]
zram1        254:1    0    50M  0 disk /var/log
zram2        254:2    0     0B  0 disk 

stock uboot

U-Boot 2015.01-g253a3f0-dirty (Jan 19 2020 - 14:23:49)

DRAM:  2 GiB
Relocation Offset is: 76e85000
register usb cfg[0][1] = 0000000077f51578
[CANVAS]canvas init
boot_device_flag : 1
Nand PHY Ver:1.01.001.0006 (c) 2013 Amlogic Inc.
init bus_cycle=6, bus_timing=7, system=5.0ns
reset failed
get_chip_type and ret:fffffffe
get_chip_type and ret:fffffffe
chip detect failed and ret:fffffffe
nandphy_init failed and ret=0xfffffff1
MMC:   aml_priv->desc_buf = 0x0000000073e85b70
aml_priv->desc_buf = 0x0000000073e87eb0
SDIO Port B: 0, SDIO Port C: 1
co-phase 0x2, tx-dly 0, clock 400000
co-phase 0x2, tx-dly 0, clock 400000
co-phase 0x2, tx-dly 0, clock 400000
emmc/sd response timeout, cmd8, status=0x1ff2800
emmc/sd response timeout, cmd55, status=0x1ff2800
co-phase 0x2, tx-dly 0, clock 400000
co-phase 0x2, tx-dly 0, clock 40000000
[mmc_startup] mmc refix success
init_part() 297: PART_TYPE_AML
[mmc_init] mmc init success
      Amlogic multi-dtb tool
      Single dtb detected
start dts,buffer=0000000073e8a700,dt_addr=0000000073e8a700
get_partition_from_dts() 71: ret 0
      Amlogic multi-dtb tool
      Single dtb detected
parts: 18
00:      logo	0000000000800000 1
01:  recovery	0000000001800000 1
02:      misc	0000000000800000 1
03:      dtbo	0000000000800000 1
04:  cri_data	0000000000800000 2
05:     param	0000000001000000 2
06:      boot	0000000001000000 1
set has_boot_slot = 0
07:       rsv	0000000001000000 1
08:  metadata	0000000001000000 1
09:    vbmeta	0000000000200000 1
10:       tee	0000000002000000 1
11:    vendor	0000000010000000 1
12:       odm	0000000002000000 1
13:    system	000000004c000000 1
14:   product	0000000006000000 1
15:     cache	0000000040000000 2
16:     hyenv	0000000000100000 1
17:      data	ffffffffffffffff 4

armbian-install

[ INFO ] FDTFILE: [ meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb ]
[ INFO ] MAINLINE_UBOOT: [  ]
[ INFO ] BOOTLOADER_IMG:  [  ]
[ INFO ] UBOOT_OVERLOAD: [ u-boot-p212.bin ]
[ INFO ] NEED_OVERLOAD: [ yes ]

If encounter problems with the installation, see #2024